FARE COLLECTION CHANGES START TODAY AT REGIONAL RAIL STATIONS

If you board a Regional Rail train at Temple, Jefferson, University City, 30th Street or Suburban stations, get ready for the ticketing changes that start today. You now have to show your ticket or pass before going to the platform for trains leaving between 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. SEPTA says the change is temporary and will make commutes more efficient during the rail car shortage.

SIDDIQ MOORE WANTS TO SAVE WEST PHILLY WITH WATER ICE

Half a block from the intersection where a Philadelphia police officer was shot execution-style through the window of his patrol car last year, Siddiq Moore is renovating an empty corner storefront. Moore took over a water ice cart during his sophomore year at Temple in the ’90s and turned his real-fruit recipes into a full-time gig that taught him the ins and outs of food service industry. Now he’s branching out — with new menu items and a new location on 60th Street. Moore wants to turn his water ice shop into a neighborhood anchor.

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TASTY FAKES EPISODE 6: CREAM-FILLED CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Turns out when you’re a Paris-trained pastry chef, the hard part about copying a Tastykake is finding ingredients that don’t taste too good. In this installment of our Tasty Fakes series, Abigail Dahan, who hails from France and runs the dessert program at Parc, recreates the classic Chocolate Cream Filled Cupcakes from Tastykake. These are super easy to make and we can confirm they taste as good as they look. Learn how to make your own.

ED RENDELL: ‘I’M NOT ONE FOR NAME CALLING’

This calls for a fact check. Lots of speeches during the Democratic National Convention meant lots of opportunities to look into politicians’ claims. But one stood out the most. During an interview Wednesday with Politico, former Philadelphia mayor and Pa. governor Ed Rendell said he thinks Senate candidate Katie McGinty went too far when she called Republican opponent Pat Toomey an asshole. And then he said he’s “not one for name calling.” Pants. On. Fire.